dwwilt
Joined: 06 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:47 am Post subject: When checking magnetos, intermittent engine shut down. |
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I also posted this in the Jabiru engine forum.
This morning I was going to go fly when during run up, as I was taking the switch from left to both, the engine "burped". I'll call it a burp, but it really was in process of shutting down. I checked left mag again and the engine quit, back to both and since the prop had not stopped, it came back up. I checked several times and the left mag position was intermittent. It would be ok and then it would shut down.
After getting back to the hangar, I pulled the cowl and did not see anything unusual. I checked the wire from the magneto to the distributor cap and it seemed to be on Ok, although looser than the right magneto wire. I'll go see if my playing with the magneto wire did anything positive later this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
My flying window had closed for the morning, so I came home and decided to send out this post. Any ideas? Could it be the ignition switch?
Thanks for any ideas out there.
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